: Lippy: Identity of British South Asians in Yorks.

In this short film from Lippy.tv, British South Asian men in Dewsbury discuss identity.

This was made as a response to recent allegations in the local rag that q certain part of Dewsbury were a "no-go area for whites." The discussants mention that the reporting was likely to be exaggerated in the interests of selling more newspapers. The production leads us through an unpacking of what identity means, as a starting point for asking what racism is, and how it could effect the community.

I was struck by the use of different camera techniques. Councillor Ahmed gets an extremely tight close-up; the articulate young men get head & shoulders / half-body shots; the informal group discussion gets hand-held shots.